Supported by Japan Creativity SocietyJapan Society for Design EngineeringJapan Society of Mechanical EngineersJapanese Society of Applied StatisticsNational Statistics CenterNikkan Kogyo ShimbunRisk Analysis Research Center, The Institute of Statistical MathematicsSociety of Japanese Value EngineeringUnion of Japanese Scientists and Engineers
Main theme"Create Future Value with TRIZ!"

Purposes
#To provide an opportunity for openly presenting, discussing, and communicating
on TRIZ,
a methodology for creative problem solving and innovation, and its related
areas.#To encourage the improvement of the TRIZ methodology itself and to enhance
penetration,
promotion and application of TRIZ.#To provide opportunities for making personal relationships among the people
interested
in and working with TRIZ in Japan and in the world, and to encourage the understanding
and penetration of TRIZ.

Aims#To openly call for contributions of presentations and participation not
only from Japan but
also from all over the world, so as to make the Symposium an open conference.
#To help establish deeper and wider understanding of TRIZ and promote real
use of TRIZ in
industries and in academia.
#To introduce TRIZ and make it to penetrate widely into people engaged in
SMEs and at schools. #A Symposium primarily Japanese national and partially (but as much as
possible) international.#To hold the General Assembly Meeting of Japan TRIZ Society within the
Symposium period.

Contents#Special Lecture by Mr. Hiroshi Takagi (OBAYASHI CORPORATION)
"The Construction of Tokyo Skytree: A Challenge toward the World's Tallest" :
-A talk about the innovative technologies and construction methods that
solved numerous problems and led the unprecedented project to succeed-

#Special Lecture by Dr. Makoto Takahashi (SOKEN Research Institute)
"The Moment of Spark Ideas" :
-We will find out the secret of the moment when, where, and how the geniuses
generate ideas.-